U.S. Food Aid and Security http://foodaid.org The U.S. Food Aid and Security website is a resource for the policy community and development practitioners to learn about U.S. food assistance programs, including the Food for Peace, Food for Progress and McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Nutrition programs, which play critical roles in tackling world hunger. Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:39:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 World Vision Testifies Before House Subcomittee regarding the Drought and Famine in the Horn of Africa http://foodaid.org/2011/09/12/world-vision-testifies-before-house-subcomittee-regarding-the-drought-and-famine-in-the-horn-of-africa/ http://foodaid.org/2011/09/12/world-vision-testifies-before-house-subcomittee-regarding-the-drought-and-famine-in-the-horn-of-africa/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:37:09 +0000 Ellen Levinson http://foodaid.org/?p=738 September 8, 2011

Kent R. Hill, Sr. Vice President of International Programs, World Vision U.S., testifies before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health and Human Rights, regarding the Drought and Famine in the Horn of Africa.  Click here to read full testimony.

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Release date: 08/09/2011

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 231 points in August 2011, nearly unchanged from July and 26 percent higher than in August 2010. The FFPI hit its all time high of 238 points in February.  Firmer cereal prices in August were largely offset by declines in international…

]]> http://foodaid.org/2011/09/09/fao-food-price-index-remains-high-and-above-last-year%e2%80%99s-level/feed/ 0 Fact Sheet: U.S. Response to Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa http://foodaid.org/2011/09/09/fact-sheet-u-s-response-to-humanitarian-crisis-in-the-horn-of-africa/ http://foodaid.org/2011/09/09/fact-sheet-u-s-response-to-humanitarian-crisis-in-the-horn-of-africa/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:13:32 +0000 Ellen Levinson http://foodaid.org/?p=730 U.S. Department of State Office of the Spokesperson
September 8, 2011

More than 12.7 million people—primarily in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia—are in need of emergency assistance in the Horn of Africa. The United States is deeply concerned by the humanitarian emergency in the Horn of Africa, the famine that is occurring in parts of…

]]> http://foodaid.org/2011/09/09/fact-sheet-u-s-response-to-humanitarian-crisis-in-the-horn-of-africa/feed/ 0 Horn of Africa: Salesian Missions Responds to Crisis http://foodaid.org/2011/08/24/horn-of-africa-salesian-missions-responds-to-crisis/ http://foodaid.org/2011/08/24/horn-of-africa-salesian-missions-responds-to-crisis/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:32:20 +0000 Ellen Levinson http://foodaid.org/?p=726 By Hannah Gregory / MissionNewswire

 Aug. 19, 2011

An already difficult situation has become a desperate one in the Horn of Africa where aid agencies like Salesian Missions were already hard at work helping the poor—long before the latest drought and famine that have brought the world’s attention to the region…

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August 20, 2011

BEIJING – China will start shipments of food aid to northeast African countries by the end of this month to ease famine caused by severe drought in the region, an official from the Ministry of Commerce said on Friday.

The shipments from Tianjin port will be scheduled on a weekly…

]]> http://foodaid.org/2011/08/22/china-ready-to-ship-food-aid-to-africa/feed/ 0 Members of Congress Seek US Leadership in Fighting African Famine http://foodaid.org/2011/08/15/members-of-congress-seek-us-leadership-in-fighting-african-famine/ http://foodaid.org/2011/08/15/members-of-congress-seek-us-leadership-in-fighting-african-famine/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:38:51 +0000 Ellen Levinson http://foodaid.org/?p=687 With 12.4  million people facing famine in East Africa, 14 Members of Congress write Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, supporting U.S. leadership in responding to dire needs, for putting pressure on militants impeding aid in Somalia, and for the Food for Peace productive safety net program in Ethiopia and pre-positioned food aid in the region…

]]> http://foodaid.org/2011/08/15/members-of-congress-seek-us-leadership-in-fighting-african-famine/feed/ 0 Mini-Ministerial Meeting on Famine in the Horn of Africa http://foodaid.org/2011/07/26/mini-ministerial-meeting-on-famine-in-the-horn-of-africa/ http://foodaid.org/2011/07/26/mini-ministerial-meeting-on-famine-in-the-horn-of-africa/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:36:18 +0000 Ellen Levinson http://foodaid.org/?p=682 July 25, 2011

With 12 million lives in danger due to the hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa, G20 Ministers met on July 25, 2011, and declared: “This crisis must be immediately contained and reversed by bringing emergency food assistance and support to the productive sector, as we work to rebuild livelihoods and improve…

]]> http://foodaid.org/2011/07/26/mini-ministerial-meeting-on-famine-in-the-horn-of-africa/feed/ 0 Mozambique Ambassador Commends U.S. Assistance http://foodaid.org/2011/07/22/mozambique-ambassador-commends-u-s-assistance/ http://foodaid.org/2011/07/22/mozambique-ambassador-commends-u-s-assistance/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:39:19 +0000 Ellen Levinson http://foodaid.org/?p=668 June 29, 2011

At a conference in Kansas City, with nearly 700 governmental and private sector attendees, Ambassador Sumbana explains how food aid and development assistance contribute to economic growth and food security in Mozambique.  Ambassador Sumbana Statement

]]> http://foodaid.org/2011/07/22/mozambique-ambassador-commends-u-s-assistance/feed/ 0 World Vision fears “we have not seen the worst yet” in African Drought http://foodaid.org/2011/07/14/as-drought-grips-east-africa-world-vision-fears-%e2%80%9cwe-have-not-seen-the-worst-yet%e2%80%9d/ http://foodaid.org/2011/07/14/as-drought-grips-east-africa-world-vision-fears-%e2%80%9cwe-have-not-seen-the-worst-yet%e2%80%9d/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:48:00 +0000 Ellen Levinson http://foodaid.org/?p=632
World Vision appealing for $49 million to provide emergency aid in Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia
July 13, 2011

Severe drought in Kenya and the Horn of Africa has pushed millions of families into despair and requires greater engagement from the international community, Christian aid organization World

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July 11, 2011

In 1984, a Kenyan photographer and cameraman named Mohamed Amin shocked the world into action with his images of famine victims in Ethiopia.

Today, 15 years after he was tragically killed in the crash of a hijacked Ethiopian Airlines flight off the Comoros Islands, famine once again stalks…

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